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myosis

English

  1. 🔊 an acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest)
  2. 🔊 reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the pupil to become smaller

Similar words

light reflex pupillary reflex miosis epidemic pleurodynia epidemic myalgia diaphragmatic pleurisy bornholm disease